student centered

1. WEEK FIVE
 Student-Centered / Constructivist Approach
 Project Based Learning

2. Student-Centered / Constructivist Approach
• Student-centered classrooms include;
 Students in planning,
Implementation,
Assessments.
• Involving the learners in these decisions places more responsibility
and ownership on them rather than on the teacher.

3. Advantages:
Students play a more active role in their learning and develop a sense of
responsibility.
 students have a chance to stimulate their analytical thinking, by “making
sense of what they are learning by relating it to prior knowledge and by
discussing it with others,”
Disadvantages:
There is a risk of facing some behavioral problems by giving students
independence, especially when it comes to young children.
This method works best when the instructor makes the lesson interesting.
Without this, students may get bored, their minds may wander, and they may
miss key information

4. Project Based Learning
In project-based learning students complete projects.
The projects helps students to acquire knowledge, research, think critically,
evaluate, analyze, make decisions, collaboration.
Typically, projects are created in response to an open-ended question such as
“How can our school be greener?” or “How was our city planned in the past
and how could it be planned in the future?”
Thus, students build on what they know by asking questions, investigating,
interacting with others, and reflecting on these experiences.
Another important part of the projects is that they relate to real-world
problems. The projects shouldn’t just apply to the curriculum but have an
impact, too.

5. • Disadvantages:
• It’s quite time consuming and requires good classroom management skills
(from equipment availability to organizing and controlling the usage of it).
• Students without experience in group work may have difficulties adapting
roles and negotiating compromise.